Woman who couldn't have Sex gets Artificial Vagina made from PIG Intestine

A woman whose vagina was so narrow she could no longer have sex has undergone successful surgery to have it reconstructed - using a pig's intestine.

 

She had reported the problem after suffering from scleroderma - a condition that results in hard, thickened areas of skin and sometimes problems with internal organs and blood vessels.

 

The condition can cause a woman's vaginal opening to constrict - making sexual function harder - and can also cause decreased sexual lubrication. 

 

She was referred to the University Hospital in the town of Plzen, in the western Czech Republic

 

But they could find no literature or evidence that it had ever been used to help somebody like the young woman, the news agency CEN reports.

 

To try and help the woman, surgeons decided to carry out surgery using a technique called a Mesh Augmented Vaginal Reconstruction.

 

The graft may be made of natural tissue, such as human donor skin or pig intestine.

Pig tissue is often used because its genetic make up is similar to that of humans. 

 

For over 30 years, scientists have been using pigs in a number of medical fields, including dermatology and cardiology.

 

During surgery to treat the Czech patient, surgeons made an incision to enlarge the narrowed area. They then used the mesh made from pig's intestine to widen the walls of  the woman's vagina.

And following the success of the operation, the doctors now plan to publish a scientific paper on the technique.


Source: Daily Mailonline